NP! I saw the other OP's post and I thought I would just let you know if it might help calm some of your fears. You now have a date, so hopefully you will know what happens on the 24th as it seems many applicants from this VO were told whether they were approved or not.
We haven't heard anything and as such, probably won't hear anything until the new year. We should get our GCMS notes the second week of January. If we haven't heard anything by January 25, I plan to make as big of a stink as I can and email the VO, call IRCC and contact my MP all at the same time and give them a piece of my mind. There is no way it should take longer than 1 year to process our app, even if we need an interview. Maybe that will put a black mark on our app, but I really want them to know that we are not happy and if it helps out other people to not go through this long dragged out process (including taking 7 weeks for them to open our app in Mexico, them making a mistake in not sending out an email for our RCMP report and taking 10 months now to do our criminal background check which was started in February), then it's worth it.
Enjoy your Christmas with your family and then you should have lots of time to prepare for your interview! Think positively!
